El Samurai
Osamu Matsuda (松田 納, Matsuda Osamu) (born April 19, 1966) is a Japanese professional wrestler who is best known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling, and is better known by his stage name El Samurai.
Professional wrestling career
Early years (1986–1992)
Osamu Matsuda graduated from high school in 1985, and joined the NJPW Dojo. He debuted in July 1986 and spent a few years working at the bottom of the card, wrestling with the likes of Kensuke Sasaki, Kenichi Oya, and Takayuki Iizuka. In March 1991 he went on a learning excursion to Mexico, and while working for the UWA promotion, adopted a mask and the El Samurai stage name.
New Japan Pro Wrestling (1992–2008)
El Samurai returned to NJPW in March 1992. A month later, he made it to the finals of the Best of the Super Juniors tournament, in which he lost to Jushin Thunder Liger. Two months later, he defeated Liger for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship. He would lose the title to Ultimo Dragon in November 1992. During that time, he would constantly team with Takayuki Iizuka and Akira Nogami in multi-man tag team matches.
Podcasts:
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by Bill Anderson
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by Roger Miller
I'll Be Somewhere
by: Bill Anderson(I'll be somewhere somewhere)
When he holds you I'll be somewhere when he kisses you I'll be somewhere
And then when he takes you in his arms
And you go where the music's soft and the lights are dim
I'll be somewhere wishing I were him
(I'll be somewhere wishing) wishing that I have my arms around you
(I'll be somewhere wishing ) wishing you still cared for me the way it used to be
And then when you hold him tight and you tell him
That you'll never ever love another again I'll be somewhere wishing I were him
(I'll be somewhere crying I'll be somewhere)
And then when you hold him tight and tell him